At the time we’re stuck in it, like hostages locked in a Turkish bath, high school seems the most serious business in the world to just about all of us. It’s not until the second or third class reunion that we start realizing how absurd the whole thing was.

Dreams age faster than dreamers.

When you own a piano, it's harder to think about moving.

I work to loud music - hard-rock stuff like AC/DC, Guns 'n Roses, and Metallica have always been particular favorites - but for me the music is just another way of shutting the door.

Grammar is...the pole you grab to get your thoughts up on their feet and walking.

Was there ever a trap to match the trap of love?

The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as long swallows.